R50.82

Billable

ChapterR00–R99

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Official Description

Postprocedural fever

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
•Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (R00-R99).

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)

postprocedural infection (T81.4-)
posttransfusion fever (R50.84)
postvaccination (postimmunization) fever (R50.83)

General instructions are available for the parent sections:

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Clinical Hierarchy

CH18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

R50-R69General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)

R50Fever of other and unknown origin

R50.8Other specified fever

R50.82Postprocedural fever

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to R50.82:

categoryR50

Fever of other and unknown origin

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chapterCH18

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to R50.82. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

1 raw paths

Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor)1 unique routes

postoperative→R50.82

MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 864

Fever and Inflammatory Conditions

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